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# Late-Night Highlight: Gisele Bundchen Reveals The Weird Way She Learned English

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## Transcript

>> For your late night highlight, Gisele Bundchen reveals the way she first learned English. Spoiler alert, it wasn't as glamorous, a process as most of her life is now.

>> My wonderful cassette tape, Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey saved my life.

>> Really?

>> I mean--

>> That did it well?

>> Mama, mama, you know I love you.

>> Nice vocals there. Yes, Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey. When Bundchen first moved to New York to start modeling, she was just a teenager and only spoke Portuguese and some Spanish. She would try to go to castings and always end up at the wrong place until the cassette tapes. Ahh, the 90's. Of course now, the super model is multilingual, like she needed another way to be sexy. Bundchen says, if she ever meets Boyz II Men or Mariah, she'll thank them for their teachings. Like Mariah needs another compliment. For Time, I'm Lauren Zima.

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